Making the web better. With blocks!
You’ve probably seen web editors based on the idea of blocks. I’m typing this in WordPress, which has a little + button that brings up a long… Read more “Making the web better. With blocks!”
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Highlights from Git 2.35
The open source Git project just released Git 2.35. Here’s GitHub’s look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time.
Hosting my static sites with nginx
Hosting my static sites with nginx
Release Radar
Our community has been hard at work through December shipping updates. Here’s our staff picks for open source projects with major version releases.
Node and How it Works With npm
Let's look at Node and how it plays alongside npm to install features and tooling as packages in modern front-end web development.
Install npm in a Few Easy Steps
In this article, we'll install npm and Node, then make a little sample project to give you real hands-on experience working with the npm basics
How to Install npm Packages
Next up in this beginner’s guide to npm is likely why you’re here in the first place: installing npm packages, which uses the `npm install` command.
Open source creates value, but how do you measure it?
When digital infrastructure is overlooked by governments, it isn’t just a missed opportunity: policies may inadvertently endanger open source collaboration.
Cloud, Load, and Modular Code: What 2022 Looks Like for Shopify - Shopify
Shopify CTO Allan Leinwand outlines some of the company's biggest engineering priorities for 2022.
Tomonari Sato: Why I joined Cloudflare and why I’m helping Cloudflare grow in Japan
I’m excited to announce that I recently joined Cloudflare in Japan as Vice-President and Managing Director, to help build and expand our customer, partner base, and presence in Japan
How open source is supporting NASA’s new eyes in space
With the successful liftoff of the James Webb Space Telescope, we ask our very own Arfon Smith about the history of open source and space science.
The 60 Hottest Front-end Tools of 2021
A complete list of the most popular front-end tools in 2021, according to the Web Tools Weekly newsletter. See which resources made the list.
A Workers optimization that reduces your bill
Recently, we made an optimization to the Cloudflare Workers runtime which reduces the amount of time Workers need to spend in memory. We're passing the savings on to you for all your Unbound Workers
Making Your First Custom Svelte Transition
The Svelte transition API provides a way to animate components when they enter or leave the document, including custom Svelte transitions.
Search at Shopify—Range in Data and Engineering is the Future - Shopify
At Shopify, we draw very few lines between “data” and “engineering” work. Instead we have “search” work.
A Practical Tip For Using Sass Default Parameters
Sass offers functions and mixins that accept parameters. You can use Sass default parameters, that is, parameters that have a value even if you don't provide
Top-rated entries from Game Off 2021
Here are the top games created in our annual game jam as rated and reviewed by the developers that made them. Game On! 🤘🏻
How five open source communities are using GitHub Discussions
From answering questions about a new release to fielding feature requests, here’s how five open source communities use GitHub Discussions.
Open Source & Sustainability
I don't feel confident operating or maintaining open source. That makes me scared of it, and my fear makes me avoid doing it at all.
Former R&D Engineer Wins Round 2 of Project Jengo, and Cloudflare Wins at the Patent Office
In April 2021, Cloudflare relaunched Project Jengo, Cloudflare’s prior art search contest. Here is the latest case update, along with our second round of winners.
Make Beautiful Gradients
Have you ever noticed that gradients tend to look a little gray and washed-out in the middle? This happens because of a mathematical quirk with RGB colors. Fortunately, we can work around this quirk, and create beautiful, lush, saturated gradients.
How to find a domain's authoritative nameservers
How to find a domain's authoritative nameservers
The year ahead: a conversation with Soleio, Julie Zhuo, and May-Li Khoe
Reflections, predictions, and guidance for 2022
Cloudflare Innovation Weeks 2021
As we start planning our 2022 Innovation Weeks, we are reflecting back on the highlights from each of these weeks
Changing A Tire On A Moving Car (Or How To Improve Product Roadmaps) — Smashing Magazine
Product roadmaps are often treated as a series of checkboxes. But they are more than that. Having a loose product landscape offers a flexible way to be strategic and decisive about how to chip away at the big picture. Not dealing with can eventually leave you stranded on the roadside without a spare to keep you going. In this article, Scott Himmer explains how internal partnerships, research, desi
Internet shut down in Kazakhstan amid unrest
In Kazakhstan, the year had barely got going when yesterday disruptions of Internet access ended up in a nationwide Internet shutdown from today, January 5, 2022
Thank You (2021 Edition)
The year has come to a close and it's time again for our end-of-year wrapup. The most important message is this: thank you. (thankyouthankyou)
Summary of reading: October - December 2022 - Eli Bendersky's website
Why coding interviews aren't all that bad - Eli Bendersky's website
Replacing my home desktop computer - Eli Bendersky's website
Asimov, programming and the meta ladder - Eli Bendersky's website
Book review: "The Future of Fusion Energy" by J. Parisi and J. Ball - Eli Bendersky's website
Derivative of the Exponential Function - Eli Bendersky's website
Some clues to understanding Benford's law - Eli Bendersky's website
Summary of reading: April - June 2022 - Eli Bendersky's website
Summary of reading: July - September 2022 - Eli Bendersky's website
Book review: "Crafting Interpreters" by Robert Nystrom - Eli Bendersky's website
Why is it easy to implement a Lisp? - Eli Bendersky's website
Building binary trees from inorder-depth lists - Eli Bendersky's website
In defense of books - Eli Bendersky's website
Summary of reading: January - March 2022 - Eli Bendersky's website
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Looking Forward: Some Predictions for 2022
As we approach the end of the year, let's look ahead at some trends and predictions for 2022
2021: Year in review
2021: Year in review
New Year, Fresh Desktop (January 2022 Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine
What better way could there be to start the new year than with some fresh inspiration? Our collection of wallpapers for January 2022 is bound to put a smile on your face — and maybe spark new ideas, too.
Nerd Out on 10 of Our Favorite Posts From 2021 - Shopify
A curated selection of our favorite 2021 posts, spanning technologies & engineering disciplines, with a few classics you still love, read, and share.
How To Price Projects And Manage Scope Creep — Smashing Magazine
Scoping, estimating, and running digital projects can often feel like an exercise in futility. In this article, Paul Boag explains why you need to start breaking your projects down into manageable phases and why that’s the best way to achieve significant benefits.
Building Gatsby Themes For WordPress-Powered Websites — Smashing Magazine
Have you already built and published a Gatsby theme? In this article, Paulina Hetman explains how Gatsby themes work and what problems they can solve by comparing Gatsby themes with their WordPress counterparts.
Cloudflare Radar's 2021 Year In Review
In 2021, we continued to live with the effects of the COVID pandemic and Internet traffic was also impacted (differently than in 2020) from it.
2021 Roundup of Web Research
Last year, we kicked out a roundup of published surveys, research, and other findings from around the web. There were some nice nuggets in there, like a
Remember You Are Not the User
One thing people can do to make their websites better is to remember that you are not representative of all your users. Our life experiences and how we
Show, Don't Tell
How much time do you spend designing the content presentation for your websites? When you write a new blog post or create a new page, are you thinking about
Increase Your Reach
NGL, I was a little overwhelmed when I sat down to write this article. There are so many things that immediately flooded my mind—take out any extra divs; use
How GitHub contributed to the Santa Clara Principles update
GitHub was honored to contribute to the Santa Clara Principles on Transparency and Accountability in Content Moderation 2.0.
In 2021, the Internet went for TikTok, space and beyond
Join us in our Year in Review 2021 focused on the most popular domains-websites
Log libraries and the tendency to open holes in things
Supporting Remix with full stack Cloudflare Pages
Cloudflare Pages now natively supports full stack Remix applications
Getting started with GitHub Actions just got easier!
When you want to create a workflow in the Actions tab of your repository, the recommendations are now based on an analysis of repo content.
Billing Management For Your Next SaaS Idea Using Stripe And Azure Functions — Smashing Magazine
In every software-as-a-service solution, user billing and payments are key aspects in the sale of services rendered. Let’s learn about Stripe and how the REST API can be programmatically used in serverless functions to manage the billing for an application.
